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12/19/2007

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday December 19, 2007

Amtrak riders up; aid may follow - Backers seeing mood change in Congress, public
http://snipurl.com/1viw1
Boston Globe

Better tires, better 'tude
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/highway1/la-hy-wheels19dec19,1,1542126.story?coll=la-news-highway_1
Los Angeles Times

California High-Speed Rail Authority Board to Review Private-Sector Financing Activities and Bay Area to Central Valley Alignment Recommendation
http://snipurl.com/1vivz
Business Wire

Congress clearing obstacle to West Los Angeles subway extension
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20071218-1150-ca-l.a.subway.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Congress Deciding On Red Line Extension - House Green-Lights Subway Project; Senate Now Considering It
http://cbs2.com/local/red.line.santa.2.613704.html
CBS 2 TV

Guidebook for Integrating Freight into Transportation Planning and Project Selection Processes
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8487
Transportation Research Board

Highway 60's eagerly awaited carpool lanes opening soon
http://snipurl.com/1vjea
Press Enterprise

HOT Lanes Won't Solve Transportation Woes
http://www.smartmoney.com/invisiblehand/index.cfm?story=20071218
Smart Money

House passes domestic spending bill
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-spending18dec18,1,5155848.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&track=crosspromo
Los Angeles Times

Integrating Freight into Transportation Planning and Project-Selection Processes
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8421
Transportation Research Board

Metro improves Gold Line service with more trains
http://metroped.net/2007/12/17/metro-improves-gold-line-service-with-more-trains/
MetroPed

Millions for Southland projects in $516 billion federal spending bill
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_7754833
Daily News

Ride report: Metro Rapid Line 728
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/12/19/ride-report-metro-rapid-line-728/
MetroRiderLA

Southern California Transportation Projects Need More Local, State, Federal Dollars
http://www.verdexchange.org/node/65
VerdeXchange